Many of us have been referring to the Motorola Shadow and Droid 2 as the same device, but new evidence suggest we have two distinct phones. Motorola is reportedly launching two smartphones on Verizon in July, but we never expected two high-end devices would launch so close to each other.
The Motorla Shadow (MB810) is a touchscreen only phone we have seen pictured several times now. Verizon is already printing user manuals for this device so chances are high it comes in July. The Shadow is said to be roughly 9 mm in thickness and does not feature a QWERTY keyboard.
Update: The Motorola MB810 has also appeared in Verizon’s inventory system.
Now Droid Life has spotted a new phone in Verizon’s inventory system that is labeled the Motorola Droid 2 (A955). This matches up nicely with a new picture of a keyboard that appeared on Engadget today. The source claims the keyboard is from the same A955 model and we can see from the keyboard buttons that it is an Android phone.
Do you think Motorola will really launch two flagship devices on the same carrier in the same month? If so, are you going to opt for the physical keyboard or go with the slimmed down slate design?
The Droid 2 (A955) in Verizon's system.
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While I agree it is a little odd that a sequel device would show up less than a year after the launch of the original, I’m sure someone somewhere will say it’s to combat the launch of the new iPoop…err…Phone.
And as much as I hate all these new faster devices coming out, I’ll wait for that OMAP4 with its dual core that you speak of (plus I’m under contract for a loong time still).
Probably because it’s not the real DROID 2 keyboard.
While it may not condemn this keyboard to be non-Android, someone on Phandroid pointed out that WinMo phones has “OK” buttons. Plus no “Menu” key? Hmm…
Even after I called MOTO out durring the Android Hardware Manufacturers Fireside chat on how they had terrible keyboards. The follow up devices have MORE TERRIBLE KEYBOARDS. Why even bother the on screen keyboards are better at this point than the garbage Moto and samsung are trying to force on us.
PProbably just wanted to keep his job hence why the whole device isn’t shown.
I wonder, the genious that shot the qwerty keyboard, didn’t have the kindness to shoot the entire phone???
HOLY COW ur asking for a miracle phone. I doubt they will ever put everything we want to into one phone at least for a good while. The 1080p recording might be possible with Tegra 2 cellphone proccessors
Agreed, of course a lot of my friends have the Droid and I’ve been trying to use the QWERY, it’s just too smashed together, no spaces between buttons and this isn’t an exception.
HOLY COW ur asking for a miracle phone. I doubt they will ever at least for a good while put everything we want to into one phone. The 1080p recording might be possible with Tegra 2 cellphone proccessors
I’m pretty surprised to see the Droid 2 coming out so soon if it indeed does in July. I understand the Shadow or whatever it is called still using OMAP3 coming out sans keyboard design makes sense. I always figured we’d see a Droid 2 revamp, but with the OMAP4 processor (dual core!) and very nice PowerVR SGX540. I previously guessed this was going to make it out at the end of the year. I have a general understanding that there should be some OMAP4 devices out at the end of the year, so that is exciting.
*Has four hard key buttons, Menu, Genius Button, Back, and home